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You love to hear the story again and again, of how it all got started way back when. How a 17-year-old "rebel to America" got the world hyped with a B-side appearance. He brought with him real words ("I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle") and confidence befitting a much older person, combined with veteran rhyming skills ("Slammin' MCs on cement/ 'Cause verbally, I'm iller than an AIDS patient" is just sick). The rowdy Main Source posse cut, one of the best ever, would still have gone down in the annals of music history, but that it included the debut of one rap's most respected MCs made it that much more special.